iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

498 videos! And that doesn't even include the more recent ones! 498つのビデオだった！それは新しいビデオは含まれない！

A picture of the past drum practice folder with it saying 498 underneath

Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Finally, transferred over all the past drum practice videos I've had sitting on my phone for months 😅 Now, my phone has space again 😆 等々に、昔撮ったドラムの練習のビデオをコンピューターに転送した。携帯電話はまた空きがあります！

A video showing the drum files being transferred to my computer showing 1 hour and 40 minutes remaining

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Finally got my old Wacom tablet up and running today. I've not been able to use it since January 😭 Made this little guy🌞 #doodle

A little sunshine clown doodle that has been animated to walk using 3 frames. He is wearing a red coat with sun shaped buttons and navy trousers. Around his neck is a light blue ruff that looks like a cloud.

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This is what my face gems look like btw🌟 ところで、顔ジェムはこのような感じです🌟

Orange and silver gems are stuck on my checks alongside some silver spikes

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

One of my gems accidentally got stuck on Thing 😂 Now we are both sparkly ✨️ 顔ジェムはThingにうっかり貼ってしまいました😂　一緒にキラキラになった✨️

a photo of my eyeshadow pallet that is from the Wednesday Netflix show. On the front it has the character Thing with a gem stuck on him

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Recently I keep seeing people with super cute lip piercings, so thought I would wear a fake one today. Not sure if it suits me or not though 🤔 最近、超可愛い口ピアスがある人を見たので、今日偽口ピアスをしてみたけど、似合うかどうかわかんない🤔

A picture taken of my mirror on my laptop. In the mirror you can see me holding my phone. I have a fake lip piercing on.

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

先週末のDIVライブは最高だった！新しい曲もしたんだ！夏の行方という曲きっかけに、ドラムを始めたので、夏の行方Fesのオープニングライブが行けてうれしいです！ Last weekend's #DIV live was amazing. They even played a new song. The song Natsu no Yukue was what inspired me to start learning the drums so I'm glad I got to go to the opening of the Natsu no Yukue Fes #visualkei

A picture of the poster for DIV's live at Ikebukuro Edge. My arm is the picture holding 4 polaroids, one of each band member.

DIVの池袋Edgeのポスターの写真です。ポスターの前に、私の腕があります。手の中にバンドメンバーのチェキがあります。

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

This error message is so scary 😱 My laptop seems to be working again now though! このエラーのメッセージは怖いよ！😱 でも、今パソコンは大丈夫そうになって本当によかった😭

My laptop with an error message on it saying that it ran into a problem and couldn't be repaired.

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I'm looking forward to the day I can read full news articles outside of NHK News Web Easy 😊 Kyoto also has a really great museum for learning kanji. They have this cool wall that shows how common different kanji are by their size and this tree with different kanji on the leaves 🍁

Picture of a fake tree in the kanji museum in kyoto with each leaf being a different kanji

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

2週間くらい毎日レム睡眠している間に、起きてしまいました🥱 ある夢の中で、誰かと「小学生の時おばあちゃんはこのようなビーズがある飲み物のカバーがあった」の会話がありました笑 For about 2 weeks, I keep waking up while I'm in the middle of REM sleep 🥱 In one dream, I was telling someone about how when I was in primary school my Granma used to have a beaded drinks cover like this one.

Image of a drinks cover with beads on it

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The fishes actually ended up being really helpful as I managed to pass the band's audition and since January have been an official member of Water Maze 🥳🐟 Here are some pics from our live we had earlier in the week! (Pics taken by the amazing meeeei k_123 on insta 📷✨️)

A pic of Water Maze from their live at Shinjuku Marble. The band is playing in a circle with the guests around the band.

A pic of me playing the drums. The lighting has caused an interesting halo effect to appear at the top of the image. Due to the red lights the image as a red hue to it

A picture from the live. You can see the back of my head with my bandmates in front of me. The plushie I made is sitting on the kick drum and can also be seen in the picture

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

見学のシートで先生は私のフルネームを見たので、サークルの終わり前に、指文字の練習のために、皆は私の名前をサインしてみました笑　私は名前5つあるので、難しかったけど、「ウィ」の仕方を習えました。 On the guest sign up sheet the teacher saw my full name, and so for finger spelling practice got everyone to sign it. I have 5 names so it was quite difficult but I finally managed to learn "Wi"

A picture of the white board used in the lesson. It has last week's contents written on it, two pieces of paper with finger spelling on it in the Japanese and American Sign Language alphabet. My name is also written on the board, however I have hidden 3 of my names and only left Willow Flame

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

ドラムを叩いている(?)小さな恐竜さんを描いてみた！🥁🦖 でも、ドラムを叩くよりドラムスティックを食べるの方が集中してると思います🍗 I tried drawing a little dinosaur playing(?) the drums! 🥁🦖 But rather than playing the drums, I think he is more focused on eating his drums sticks 🍗 #dinosaur #恐竜 #doodle #落書き

An orange dinosaur sitting on a drum stool with a bone in one hand and a half eaten chicken drum stick in the other band. He is sitting behind a blue drum kit. Around him in English, Korean and Japanese is the text "You can do it"

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

音楽を聴いて楽譜を書くのはちょっと難しいので、手伝う魚を描いたんです🐟 It's a hard writing up sheet music, so I drew these helpful fish instead 🐟

Hand written sheet music with fish drawn on top

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

昨日、グラスハートを見始めました。すごかったです。朱音さんはめっちゃかっこよくて、見てドラムをやる気が出しました。今日の練習で一生懸命に頑張ります！🥁🔥 Yesterday, I started watching Glass Heart for the first time. It's amazing! Akane is so cool! Watching her play the drums has motivated me even more. Gonna give it my all during today's practice!

A picture of me sitting behind a drum kit

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Had my first ever in-person #D&D session today. Everyone was so lovely and one of the other players custom made each of us our own dice sets 🥺💕 My first role with the dice was also a 19! And they continued to behave well throughout the session 🎲

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

A double rainbow just spawned nearby and can actually see the end of it!!! 🌈🌈 Never seen this before and kinda disappointed to see there's no pot of gold under it 🪙 But maybe this is the universes way of telling me to enter the lottery tonight 🤔😂

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

For about 10 years I've wanted to try #DnD, yesterday I managed to take part in my first campaign 🥹 Finally, I get to live out my dreams of being a happy little #kobold

3 images I drew of the kobold I'm playing as. One is waving happily, one is crying, and the last is happily eating some meat

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

This is amazing! Thank you so much for hosting this initiative! Here is Inkfield Grove a language learning farming RPG that includes Sign Languages 😊

A screenshot from the game Inkfield Grove. Thea is saying in both Japanese and English that her Favourite book is Alice in Wonderland and that she is really happy. Next to the textbox is a sign language video in Japanese Sign Language. Above are UI icons for the game showing inventory (12 wood, no bottles, 30 money) and carried items typewriter, axe and book.

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

My Sign Language inclusive game Inkfield Grove is part of the #RisingTideChallenge 🚣‍♂️ I’ve seen so many great games in this competition - mobile, RPGs, rhythm, edugames + many more! 🎮 Sign up here to find hundreds of hidden gems! 👉 blueoceangames.com?referrer=de4...

An image of Inkfield Grove in the Blue Ocean Games Rising Tide Challenge. The skill shows the player character next to the ghost Thea who says "Dear Mum, don't forget to plant the watermelons before the end of April." The text above the video describes the game saying "Inkfield Grove is a quirky farming RPG with a charming crayon-style art. Grow crops, befriend ghosts, and write letters, all while building real-world skills! Learn new languages (including Sign Languages!) and boost your touch-typing skills as you play. Special thanks to Manae Makino for providing the Japanese Sign Language videos!"

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Welcome to Inkfield Grove a farming RPG where you use your magic typewriter to type up messages for ghosts! 👻💌 With multilingual gaming modes, you can level up your language skills while you play. Including Sign Languages! 👋 Currently, looking for funding / publishers 👀 #PitchYaGame

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

🎤 I’m giving a talk at LLP Live next weekend: “Signs, Syntax, and Side Quests with Willow Flame” I’ll be chatting about Language Learning, Game Dev and Sign Languages in games! 🎟️ Sign up and send in your Qs here! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #GameDev #IndieDev #GameTalk #LLPLive

A poster for the talk "Signs, Syntax and Side Quests with Willow Flame"
On the poster includes this information "Rhianna Hawkins (aka Willow Flame) is a language educator, game designer, and founder of Willow Flame Productions, a studio creating educational language-learning games that include both spoken and Signed Languages. With experience teaching English in South Korea and a background in EFL publishing, Rhianna integrates pedagogy with playful design to make language learning more accessible and engaging for language learners."

The event is on the 31st May, 7 pm JST on zoom and you can register and submit questions in advance

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Introducing Inkfield Grove - A cosy game where you grow crops and write messages for ghosts 👻 Featuring: 🌍 Bilingual mode for language learners 👋 On-screen Sign Language interpretations #InkfieldGrove #GhostNotes #GameDev #SignLanguage #IndieDev #AccessibilityInGames #CosyGames #LanguageLearning

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Here's a folktale based game I made for a jam a few years ago. My team made a game based on Princess Hwangok a mermaid Princess who marries a human prince. As it’s unlikely that the Princess and Prince would speak the same the helpful seagulls translate their conversation 🧜‍♀️

On the left of the screen is Princess Hwangok and the right a prince. Between them are Seagulls each witha letter on their chest. Above the princess is text in Korean and above the prince is text in English that says "ummm can I get your number?"

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Yesterday, I decided to make a 2-player game for the 1 Hour Jam. Although, this game was designed for two players, I liked that everyone who played added up both doggo's score to get an overall score. Next time I made a 2-player game for this jam, I'll have to add a collaborative score 🐕 #gamedev

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Had an awesome time at yesterday's @ukieofficial.bsky.social Education x Industry mixer! Met so many inspiring people working on so many interesting projects ❤️

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

One highlight is that I got to use this font I spent most of last weekend making. I don't think I'll be able to use it much in the game I made it for, so I'm glad I managed to use it in some thing

Text on screen says Eyeball Font. The font is in the shape of eyeballs with the irises being in the shape of the letters

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

This week's one hour jam is quite tricky 😅 My initial doodle might be a little creepy, but I kinda like it

A person with mascara dropping down their face. Within their speech bubble in random blobs with eyes

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

There's no pressure in this jam to make a fully working game, everyone who takes part is a winner regardless of whether your game works or not 🏆 This jam is also great for experimentation. Last week I experimented with making a game that losing is better than winning #indiedev #gamedev #gamejam

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

I learnt a lot from making this game such as making sure there's enough colour contrast between the text and background + not making the game too easy as not many people got to see the lose screen 😅 I'd also someday love to return to this concept by making a minibook series or something 😊 #gamedev

An image from the lose screen in the game. Amelia looks unhappy and above her head is a green speech bubble that says "toot." The poetry on the game says "Don't despair, it'll be OK. Everyone has accidents somedays. Try again and don't give up. You're defeat the evil with a little luck."

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

One of the first ever games I added poetry to was made for the #Trijam jam. Although I only intended spending 3 hours on this game, I ended up spending around 7 hours in total as I had a lot of fun making it. The theme was "Sometimes accidents happen" which I used to make a game about anxiety / IBS

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Congrats on 2.5k followers! 🥳 Here's an OC from the game I made for last year's GMTK jam (P.s. I have the same plague doctor plushie! 😆)

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Inspired by the "They love me, they love me not" tradition of pulling off petals to determine someone's feelings, I made this little game a few weeks ago for the One Hour Game Jam - Theme "Attraction"🌼 All programming, art, and poetry was made within 1 hour ✏️ #indiedev #gamejam #gamedev

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Willow Flame @willow-flame.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Hello World! I'm Willow Flame! An indie game designer who loves making crayon-style games with a touch of poetry. I'm also super passionate about language learning so also make quirky educational games! It's nice to meet you all 🦋 #newhere #indiedev #gamedev

A crayon style drawing of the game dev Willow Flame. She has green and purple hair and is wearing an orange shirt with a blue demin jacket and black + white chocker. Above Willow's head is a speak bubble with the words "Hello World" written in colourful bubble writing

An image from one of Willow Flame's games. There is a skeleton in the middle of the screen wearing a green poncho. The skeleton is saying "Hello my friend." The player has the options to pick "Who are you?" or "We aren't friends."

Another picture from one of Willow Flame's games. There is a crayon-style sun in the middle of the screen with lots of items around it. The words "hairbrush" is written on the top of the screen in Japanese and at the bottom of the screen there are 6 different flags the player can use to change languages. The timer on the screen has just over half the time remaining.

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